Companion Artificial Intelligence Chatbots
- Introduced Jan 7, 2026
- In committee Jan 16, 2026
- Passed the Senate
- Passed the House
- To the governor
- Became law Jul 1, 2026
What it does
The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.
Companion Artificial Intelligence Chatbots; Requiring operators to require an individual seeking access to a companion AI chatbot to create a user account; requiring operators to take certain actions if the age verification process determines that a user is a minor; requiring operators to protect the confidentiality of age verification information provided by a user; providing that violations of the act are deemed deceptive and unfair trade practices, etc.
Every action
4 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.
- SenateFiled
- CommitteeReferred to Commerce and Tourism; Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Rules · Senate Commerce and Tourism
- SenateIntroduced
- CommitteeDied in Commerce and Tourism · Senate Commerce and Tourism
Roll calls
No recorded votes on this bill yet.
Sponsors
The member who introduced it.
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Colleen BurtonR Primary sponsor · District 12
From Florida's official records (flsenate.gov), checked Nov 14, 2026. Text links go to the official versions; LegiList does not copy bill text.